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Author : David Pickering
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Cassell Dictionary of Superstitions written by David Pickering and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Pickering
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9780304365616
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (656 download)
Download or read book Cassell's Dictionary of Superstitions written by David Pickering and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2002 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alphabetically arranged entries provide coverage of a wide range of ancient and modern fears, beliefs, and taboos, explaining the rituals, charms, and talismans invoked by the superstitions.
Author : David Pickering
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of superstitions written by David Pickering and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Pickering
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 : 9780304347865
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (478 download)
Download or read book The Cassell Dictionary of Folklore written by David Pickering and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1999 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Cassell Dictionary of Folklore is a treasure-trove of intriguing and even arcane information. In-depth articles on a range of everyday themes - dreams, numbers, nursery rhymes and the weather to name but a few - offer detailed coverage of their often surprising folkloric associations. Of particular fascination are the articles describing the popular beliefs and remedies linked with hundreds of plants, birds and animals. In addition, The Cassell Dictionary of Folklore features a colourful and cosmopolitan cast of popular heroes and folkloric characters - from the well-known William Tell and Rumpelstiltskin, to the lesser-known English outlaw Clym of the Clough and the heroic Wild Edric of Shropshire. Here too are fabulous beasts and beings a-plenty: elves, ghosts, goblins, pixies, sorcerers, vampires, werewolves, wraiths and wiverns, and a bewildering array of sprites and spirits both malevolent and benign, from the man-hating wili of Slavic mythology to the cosily familiar Easter Bunny of modern American tradition."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : David Pickering
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9780304365623
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (656 download)
Download or read book Cassell's Dictionary of Witchcraft written by David Pickering and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2002 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Separating truth from myth, an expert offers an A to Z guide to one of the most intriguing aspects of the super-natural. Hundreds of carefully researched articles provide explanations of the key concepts of witchcraft, from demons and exorcisms to sabbats and spells, as well as fascinating biographies of key figures. Articles on witch trials through the centuries draw on records of torture, confessions, and recantations.
Author : David Pickering
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 : 9780304350988
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Cassell Dictionary of Witchcraft written by David Pickering and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1998 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary is a guide to the subject of witchcraft which has exerted its influence on the popular imagination for centuries. It looks at the history of witchcraft, traces its development in countries such as Britain, Germany and the US, and explains the rituals and objects associated with it, from black sabbaths to covens, and from hands of glory to pentagrams. In addition, it provides biographies of key figures, such as the 17th-century Witch-Finder General, Matthew Hopkins, and the Great Beast Aleister Crowley and gives detailed accounts of notorious witch trials, drawing on contemporary documents and eye-witness views.
Author : Iona Archibald Opie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780760714812
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (148 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of Superstitions written by Iona Archibald Opie and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Latin - English
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1446108856
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (461 download)
Download or read book Cassell's Latin Dictionary written by Latin - English and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (269 download)
Download or read book Cassell's English Dictionary written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Pickering
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816042500
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (425 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of Folklore written by David Pickering and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in Great Britain by Cassell as The Cassell Dictionary of Folklore"--T. p. verso.
Author : Sophie Lasne
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780132108812
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of Superstitions written by Sophie Lasne and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1984 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes superstitions related to minerals, plants, animals, weather, the calendar, the human body, stages of life, objects, and clothing
Author : Cécile Donner
Publisher : Granada Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780246124203
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (242 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Superstitions written by Cécile Donner and published by Granada Pub Limited. This book was released on 1985 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Michael Place
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438118287
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Astrology and Divination written by Robert Michael Place and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an overview of the history and forms of divination focusing especially on astrology and Tarot but also looking at dreams, augurs, dice the I Ching, palmistry, and other oracular methods.
Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780304366361
Total Pages : 1600 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (663 download)
Download or read book Cassell's Dictionary of Slang written by Jonathon Green and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results
Author : Roy Bainton
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472137477
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)
Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Superstition written by Roy Bainton and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than providing a dictionary of superstitions, of which there are already numerous excellent, exhaustive and, in many cases, academic works which list superstitions from A to Z, Bainton gives us an entertaining flight over the terrain, landing from time to time in more thought-provoking areas. He offers an overview of humanity's often illogical and irrational persistence in seeking good luck and avoiding misfortune. While Steve Roud's two excellent books - The Penguin Dictionary of Superstitions and his Pocket Guide - and Philippa Waring's 1970 Dictionary concentrate on the British Isles, Bainton casts his net much wider. There are many origins which warrant the full back story, such as Friday the thirteenth and the Knights Templar, or the demonisation of the domestic cat resulting in 'cat holocausts' throughout Europe led by the Popes and the Inquisition. The whole is presented as a comprehensive, entertaining narrative flow, though it is, of course, a book that could be dipped into, and includes a thorough bibliography. Schoenberg, who developed the twelve-tone technique in music, was a notorious triskaidekaphobe. When the title of his opera Moses und Aaron resulted in a title with thirteen letters, he renamed it Moses und Aron. He believed he would die in his seventy-sixth year (7 + 6 = 13) and he was correct; he also died on Friday the thirteenth at thirteen minutes before midnight. As Sigmund Freud wrote, 'Superstition is in large part the expectation of trouble; and a person who has harboured frequent evil wishes against others, but has been brought up to be good and has therefore repressed such wishes into the unconscious, will be especially ready to expect punishment for his unconscious wickedness in the form of trouble threatening him from without.'
Author : Chloe Rhodes
Publisher : Michael O'Mara
ISBN 13 : 1843179164
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (431 download)
Download or read book Black Cats and Evil Eyes written by Chloe Rhodes and published by Michael O'Mara. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illuminates the customs, beliefs and practices that link us to an ancient, and often darker, human past.
Author : Jake Richards
Publisher : Weiser Books
ISBN 13 : 1578636531
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (786 download)
Download or read book Backwoods Witchcraft written by Jake Richards and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Backwoods Witchcraft, Jake Richards offers up a folksy stew of family stories, lore, omens, rituals, and conjure crafts that he learned from his great-grandmother, his grandmother, and his grandfather, a Baptist minister who Jake remembers could "rid someone of a fever with an egg or stop up the blood in a wound." The witchcraft practiced in Appalachia is very much a folk magic of place, a tradition that honors the seen and unseen beings that inhabit the land as well as the soil, roots, and plant life. The materials and tools used in Appalachia witchcraft are readily available from the land. This "grounded approach" will be of keen interest to witches and conjure folk regardless of where they live. Readers will be guided in how to build relationships with the spirits and other beings that dwell around them and how to use the materials and tools that are readily available on the land where one lives. This book also provides instructions on how to create a working space and altar and make conjure oils and powders. A wide array of tried-and-true formulas are also offered for creating wealth, protecting one from gossip, spiritual cleansing, and more.
